POWDER SCANDALS.
KESULT OF FUENOH ADMIRALTY'S ENQUIRY. By Telegraph.— Prets Association.— Copyright. PARIS, 29th January. The enquiry instituted by the Admiralty reveals that all powder on hand for the Nayy — including the 1911 stock — is open to suspicion, since it has been mixed with, old stock. M. Delcasse, Minister for Marine, has ordered a daily inspection to be made on every battleship. [The explosion on the French battleship Liberte, at Toulon, in September last, was attributed to old powder being mixed with new. The same powder caused the accidents on the Gloire and Jena. The manager of the Pont de Bois Gunpowder Factory (M. Maissin) declared that his predecessor was responsible for the powder which caused the explosions. He remanufactured old powder and delivered it to the naval authorities as new. An enquiry, however, failed to prove this. o}d powder to the value of a million francs was thrown into the> sea.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25, 30 January 1912, Page 7
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